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As part of the study, more than 500 smallholders, including around 300 from the four regions of Ethiopia and some 200 from the five selected sites in South Sudan, participated in a series of baseline surveys to assess the impacts of soil salinity and inadequate access to proper irrigation.

08 April 2020

Soil salinity takes heavy toll on smallholders in Ethiopia, South Sudan - study

07 April 2020

Message on Covid-19

The project aims to improve food security and incomes of smallholder farmers in marginal areas of Morocco through the production, consumption and sale of high-value stress-tolerant quinoa varieties.

14 March 2020

ICBA quinoa genotypes get go-ahead for commercial cultivation in Morocco

In celebration of International Women's Day the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) hosted today a graduation ceremony for the first cohort of fellows of the Arab Women Leaders in Agriculture (AWLA) program.

08 March 2020

ICBA celebrates Arab women scientists’ graduation from regional fellowship program

The main goal is to identify genes or quantitative trait loci (QTLs) responsible for agronomic and biochemical characters in quinoa and use those genes or QTLs in breeding to improve its yield, quality, and adaptability in marginal environments.

27 February 2020

ICBA starts genome-wide association studies of quinoa

Bringing more women into science and helping them realize their full potential is a sure way to boost research and innovation in the region, as well as social and economic development.

11 February 2020

Why to invest more in women and girls in science

ICBA is building the capacity of suppliers and service providers to deliver customized solutions to farmers to save energy required for pumping and water for irrigation.

05 February 2020

Helping Jordanian farmers save water and money

The International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) has started testing a unique greenhouse prototype which uses saline groundwater and seawater to grow food.

20 January 2020

ICBA starts testing saltwater-based greenhouse prototype

The International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) is helping a group of farmers in Al Khatim and Al Khazna in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, the UAE, to utilize reject brine for cultivating fish and a halophytic (salt-loving) plant called Salicornia.

15 January 2020

Farmers in Abu Dhabi start using reject brine to grow fish, halophyte

The Emirates Soil Museum is designed to raise awareness, especially among youth, about the threats to soils and the significant role healthy soils play in meeting the current and future food needs worldwide.

10 January 2020

Emirates Soil Museum attracts over 4,000 visitors

Two of the Arab Women Leaders in Agriculture (AWLA) fellows have recently concluded a study tour of Australia. They were selected from the AWLA’s inaugural cohort, which includes 22 women scientists from Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia.

23 December 2019

AWLA fellows learn innovative agricultural research practices in Australia

The three-day event was arranged as part of the project titled “Use of non-conventional agricultural water resources to strengthen water and food security in transboundary watersheds of the Amu Darya river basin (UNCAWR)”.

22 December 2019

Experts discuss improving agricultural value chains in Central Asia